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Aaron Bauer, Ph.D.

Professor

Gerald M. Lemole Endowed Chair in Integrative Biology

Mendel Hall Rm 191
Biology
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
aaron.bauer@villanova.edu
(610) 519-4857

Education:
  • B.A. Michigan State University, East Lansing 1982
  • Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1986
  • Post-Doctoral University of Calgary, Canada 1987-88
Publications:
  • Bauer, A.M. 2009. Geckos in traditional medicine ? forensic implications. Applied Herpetology 6:81-96.
  • Daza, J.D.*, Abdala, V., Thomas, R., and Bauer, A.M. 2008. Skull anatomy of the miniaturized gecko Sphaerodactylus roosevelti (Squamata: Gekkota). Journal of Morphology 269:1340-1364.
  • Gamble, T.*, Bauer, A.M., Greenbaum, E., and Jackman, T.R. 2008. Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards. Journal of Biogeography 35:88-104.
  • Russell, A.P. and Bauer, A.M. 2008. The appendicular locomotor apparatus of Sphenodon and normal-limbed squamates. Pp. 1-466 in Gans, C., Gaunt, A., and Adler, K.K., eds. Biology of the Reptilia, vol. 21. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, NY.
  • Jackman, T.R., Bauer, A.M., Greenbaum, E., Glaw, F., and Vences, M. 2008. Molecular phylogenetic relationships among species of the Malagasy-Comoran gecko genus Paroedura (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:74-81.
  • Gamble, T.*, Bauer, A.M., Greenbaum, E., and Jackman, T. 2008. Out of the blue: cryptic higher level taxa and a novel, trans-Atlantic clade of gecko lizards (Gekkota, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta.37:355-366.
  • Smith, S.A., Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M. and Jackman, T. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia and adjacent areas: evidence for a single origin of the endemic skinks of Tasmantis.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43:1151?1166.
  • Bauer, A.M. 2007. The foraging biology of the Gekkota: life in the middle. Pp. 371?404 In: S. .M. Reilly, L. B. McBrayer, and D. B. Miles, eds. Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode in Lizards. Cambridge University Press, New York
  • Makokha, J.S.*, Bauer, A.M., Mayer, W. and Matthee, C. 2007. Nuclear and mtDNA-based phylogeny of southern African sand lizards, Pedioplanis (Sauria:Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:622-633.
  • Bauer, A.M. , Lamb, T., and Branch, W.R. 2006. A revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi groups (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the description of eight new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57:595-709.
  • Lamb, T. and Bauer, A.M. 2006. Footprints in the sand: independent reduction of subdigital lamellae in the Namib-Kalahari burrowing geckos. Proc. Royal Society B 273:855-864.
  • Bauer, A. M., Böhme, W., and Weitschat, W. 2005. A Lower Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and the evolution of the gekkonid adhesive system. J. Zool., London 265:327-332.
  • Han, D., Zhou, K., and Bauer, A. M. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from C-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 83:353-368.
  • Bauer, A. M. and Sadlier, R. A. 2000 The Herpetofauna of New Caledonia . Soc. Stud. Amphib. Ithaca. 310 pp.
  • Russell, A. P. and Bauer, A. M. 2000. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta: A Field Guide and Primer of Boreal Herpetology, 2nd ed. University of Calgary Press, Calgary. 289 pp.
  • Bauer, A. M., R. Günther, and M. Klipfel**. 1995. The Herpetological Contributions of Wilhelm Peters [including facsimile reprints]. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Oxford, Ohio. 720pp.
  • Bauer, A. M. 1994. Das Tierreich. Gekkonidae (volume 1, Australia and the Pacific). Walter De Gruyter Publishers, Berlin. 306pp.
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